
Phil Kuntz
Editor at Bloomberg News
Award-winning journalist, data-crunching geek. Formerly with the Miami Herald, CQ and WSJ, now at Bloomberg. Huge music fanatic who lacks any musical talent.
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2 weeks ago |
benefitnews.com | Mark Niquette |Phil Kuntz
The Trump administration's efforts to slash the federal workforce is beginning to show up in employment data, with the brunt of those cuts still to come. So far this year, civilian non-postal federal employment has fallen by 12,400, or 0.5%. That's the biggest quarterly decline since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency announced plans to cut tens of thousands of federal jobs.
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2 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Mark Niquette |Phil Kuntz
The Trump administration’s efforts to slash the federal workforce is beginning to show up in employment data, with the brunt of those cuts still to come. So far this year, civilian non-postal federal employment has fallen by 12,400, or 0.5%. That’s the biggest quarterly decline since the 2020 coronavirus pandemic as President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency announced plans to cut tens of thousands of federal jobs.
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Dana Hull |Bill Allison |Phil Kuntz
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2 months ago |
news.bloomberglaw.com | Phil Kuntz |Gregory Korte
The US government head count grew to its highest level in any non-census year since World War II in January, according to new figures released Friday, as President Donald Trump took office looking to cut one in 10 federal employees. The number of civilian federal workers reached a seasonally adjusted 2.42 million last month, excluding postal workers.
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2 months ago |
bloomberg.com | Phil Kuntz |Gregory Korte
The US government head count grew to its highest level in any non-census year since World War II in January, according to new figures released Friday, as President Donald Trump took office looking to cut one in 10 federal employees. The number of civilian federal workers reached a seasonally adjusted 2.42 million last month, excluding postal workers.
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